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^@germanauto sentiment^ is the 1970s American cars all over again. First go with fuel economy and emissions laws resulted in brilliant efforts like the 1977 Cutlass Supreme 231ci V6 and 1974 Mustang II 4-banger. Both examples were terrible in the day.
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The 60s generally had the most competitive environment at the time and most of the iconic vehicles that emerged started during that timeframe. However we are also saw a second (and continue to see) renaissance in vehicles in the 2010s. I think the additional restrictions on sound (like OPF) and emissions (EV only legislation) happening in this decade are putting a bit of a damper on things.
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05-21-2024, 05:31 PM | #28 |
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Supra 300zx RX7 NSX Type R MR2 S2000 Prelude Mitsubishi 3000GT Mitsubishi Eclipse Lancer EVO Etc Etc Boom! |
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engines reached their max displacement/cylinders around this time. cars weren't burdened by epa and crash safety standards as much. - v8 m3 and rs4. - 6.2 mercedes amg, and of course the twin turbo v12 AMGs. - v10 m5 and rs6. - 2009 debuted the 458 which had a bigger engine and higher redline than the 488/f8/296
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05-21-2024, 07:11 PM | #31 |
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Plus fun affordable stuff like the Honda CRX, Mustang 5.0 Fox body, Ford Cobra 4.6 DOHC, LT1/LS1 4th gen Camaro, and some of the sexiest exotics were being sold too like the Ferrari F40 and Testarossa, Lamborghini Diablo, Porsche 959, and the Porsche 993 Turbo.
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Yeah and reliability has dramatically increased in general terms. You could perhaps find higher performance vehicles in the 80-90s but they required a lot more money to keep on the road. Routine maintenance for my M2 is fairly pedestrian and almost Toyota like.
And definitely the timeline bleeds over into other decades, but the question was which decades so even though the 2020s and 2000s have cars on the list, I think the vast majority are over the 2010s. |
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Corvettes have been world class performance since the early 80s in handling, acceleration, top speed, everything. They're also incredibly easy to maintain. Gas, oil, tires, nothing crazy. |
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I would second that it was only in the late 00’s and mostly 2010s that US mfrs got serious in these categories, G8/SS, cts-V, grand sport and z06s, and on and on. Sure, there were corvettes and such before, but they were one trick ponys usually with horrible compromises elsewhere. They wouldnt have dreamed of something as nuts as a cts-v wagon in the 80s. Sports-sedans? Not in any serious vein.
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They make up for it with performance and hassle free ownership. Literally oil, gas, tires, nothing fancy, and any Chevy dealer on the planet can repair it. |
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If your ok w simple smart straight forward engineering and design the vette is a great car. I am very happy with mine , nothing fancy but it has it where it counts
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a) this day minus 15 years b) when you were young My father told me about a man who was completely satisfied with his 1960 car. No power brakes, no power steering, ludicrous heating (that engine had a real plumbing tap to close the circuit), fixed seats, 15" diagonal tyres with absolutely no grip or stability. Times are changing. |
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I have owned a C7 Corvette and 2011 Mustang GT. We can agree to disagree.
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I fully see that there are those biased against american cars, even when they do everything right and the interior is JUST AS GOOD some will still knock them for silly stuff...but it's not because they've been that good all along, it's because they've had to overcome all of these things, suspension, drivetrain, steering, etc. and they did suck comparatively.
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Definitely the 90’s. 20’s were great too but the 90’s were too epic!
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Has to be 64-72 with all the high HP muscle cars. I just wish I was alive for it. I also wish I could predict the future & bought a lot of them cheap when I could have.
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I love my Hellcat, and all the funs cars I have had in my lifetime, but I still want a 66-67 Chevelle. Granted, I also want to drop an LS in it & go the pro touring style build route lol
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